446: Hair Rules the Pros Are Breaking (and Why You Should Too) with Celebrity Hairstylist Mara Roszak
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4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Mara Roszak is a celebrity hairstylist whose clients include Emma Stone, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde, and the founder of cult favorite sustainable haircare brand RŌZ.
In this episode, Mara joins me to break down everything we’re getting wrong about hair, from the biggest myths she wishes would disappear to the subtle styling habits that quietly cause breakage and damage.
We talk about the surprising things people do every day that ruin their hair (including why your brush might be part of the problem), whether cutting your hair actually helps it grow and if it’s truly possible to be blonde and still have long healthy hair.Mara also shares the minimalist hair routine she recommends for strong, healthy hair, how to properly care for your scalp, what to look for in a heat protectant and the styling techniques that make the biggest difference in hair health and longevity.
We also get into her approach to celebrity styling, what goes into red carpet and Oscars hair, how to find the most flattering haircut for your face shape and the simple tricks that create that perfect blowout at home.
If you want stronger, healthier hair, and the insider secrets celebrity hairstylists actually use, this episode is packed with tips you’ve probably never heard before.
You can find Mara on Instagram @MaraRoszak and check out her haircare line, RŌZ, online and at Sephora.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:05.9 | This is Well, a podcast about wellness in all its forms. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Ariel Laurie, and each week I'm sharing unfiltered conversations with people shaping how we feel, live, and look. |
| 0:17.2 | Come for the substance, stay for the honesty, and leave with the tools to be well, inside and out. |
| 0:25.3 | If you're like me and you've been looking at red carpets and wondering how celebrities' hair looks so good and wondering why your hair doesn't look like that, |
| 0:35.4 | or you see celebrities changing their |
| 0:37.5 | hairstyles like chameleons and you're wondering how they find the right shape for their face. |
| 0:43.0 | Today you're going to find out because I am talking to Mara Rozak. She's a celebrity |
| 0:47.2 | hairstylist and she's also the founder of the hair care brand that I'm obsessed with called |
| 0:52.0 | Rose. And she is the stylist behind a lot |
| 0:56.5 | of your favorite celebrities and their iconic looks. Think Emma Stone and her pixie cut, |
| 1:02.6 | Rose Byrne, Zoe Saldanya, Olivia Wilde, Lily Collins, honestly, so many of the It girls. And we had |
| 1:10.2 | such a blast talking all things here what i loved |
| 1:13.4 | about this conversation is that we go way beyond typical hair advice she shares so many tips |
| 1:19.4 | that i had never heard before things that we are all doing that might actually be damaging our hair |
| 1:24.6 | why your brush might be sabotaging you, and the biggest myths about growing |
| 1:29.2 | long, healthy hair. And we also, of course, get into some behind the scenes celebrity hair |
| 1:34.0 | moments. What really goes into red carpet styling, how stylists decide the perfect cut or shape |
| 1:39.2 | for somebody's face. So if you care about your hair at all, whether you're trying to grow it |
| 1:43.5 | longer, just keep it healthy, maybe you're trying to grow it longer, just |
| 1:44.6 | keep it healthy, maybe you want it to look better day to day. You're thinking about a cut, |
| 1:49.3 | but you're not sure about it. There are so many little tricks in this episode that are going to |
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